St. Paul daily globe., 1887-10-22
HANDSOME ELK's BANQUET.
A Great Pow Wow Held on His
Return Home After His AcQuit-
dalR0ilod noa tho Rnia,ixaa al

A Great Pow Wow Held on His
Return Home After His Acquit-
tal---ROiled Dog the Principal
Article on the Bill Of Fare.
Special TO the Globe.
CHAMBERLAIN, Oct. 21.-The pow
WOW given by the friends of Handsome
Elk. after his acquittal here at the late
term of the district court, was in accord
ance with the established customs of
the Indians. The event occurred on
Medicine creek, near the home of Hand
some Elk, and near the scene of the
tragedy for which he was tried. There
were from Seventy-fOur to one
hundred Indians present, arrayed in
their paints and feeling as eXuberant as
was possible for them to feel. Every
thing had been made ready, and as each
squad of Indians arrived their olfactory
organs were greeted with the delicious
odor of boiling dog. The feast was the
first thing in order, and when the Octo-
Der sun, from his meridian height, sent
bundles of golden arrows down upon
their uncovered heads, they proceeded
to demolSh the viandS set before them
and to wash them down with the
strongest of coffee. After dinner-or,
more properly speaking, after dog
they shook hands with Handsome Elk,
each one repeating, in gutteral tones,
the single word, ahow?'' During the,
afternoon there were speeches made by
the different Indians present-the most
notable one by Big Name, the most elO-
quent orator of the Sioux nation. Big
Name said:
''Friends why do we meet to-day? What
brings my brothers from their tepees on the
hill and in the valley? Have you met to-
t1nnr flaarr
went on the war path against the Crows? Is
it for the purpose of drawing your knives and
raising your hatchets in defense of your
squaws and pappOoses, and to strike down
your enemies? 1t is
FOR NONE OF THESE THINGS.
We come together to shake the hand of our
brother who has just come from the council
of the white man. Twelve of their big chiefs
sat together for two days and listened to
Growing Bear (referring to John S. Strouk,
the prosecuting attorney, and Long Claws
Il. M. Long, the attorney for the defense),
and then set our brother free. We love our
they love us. Our hearts are not bad
to-day, nor will they be any more.
My friends, we are fast passing away Like
yonder sun that looks down ON his children
today, and when will sink tonight, so shall
we. The great tribe to which we belong is
scattered to the four winds. Our young men
and women are dying with some strange dis
ease with which our fathers were not ac-
quainted. A few more years and ali will be
over. Let us live in peace with our white
brothers. Let US learn their ways
The words of Big Name were listened
to with the deepest attention, and, when
he had finished, they all arose and again
said, ''HOw," when the sports of the
day were in order. They consisted prin-
cipally in running ponies, pitching at a
mark and the different kind of games
with which the Indians amuse them
selves. During all the speech-making
and feasting the sQuaws were conspicu-
Gus in the background, and, when their
turn came to be seated at the table, they
quickly devoured what remained of the
canine feast. Of course the pappooses
were not forgotten. A grand dance in
the evening wound up the festivities of
the occasion. And the next dav
the friends of Handsome Elk.
after doing him proud, left him
alone, to listen to the howl of the coyOte
as he snuffs from afar the remnants of
the feast. In the meantime Handsome
Elk, who has twice been acquitted, can
mount his gaily bedecked pony, and
course over the brown prarie with moth
ing to fear, unless the friends of the
dead Our Eye should silently wait in
some lonely gulch, and, when he is
alone, send death-dealing ball through
his brain. 1t is hoped by all that the
feud is settled forever, and that the
blood of no more good Indians will en-
rich the soil of the great Sioux reserva-